Shloka 37

Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma

Devanagari script

सुभिक्षं क्षेममारोग्यं सामर्थ्यं दुर्लभं तदा कौशिकीं प्रतिपत्स्यन्ते देशान्क्षुद्भयपीडिताः

Transliteration

subhikṣaṃ kṣemamārogyaṃ sāmarthyaṃ durlabhaṃ tadā kauśikīṃ pratipatsyante deśānkṣudbhayapīḍitāḥ

Translation

तब अन्न-समृद्धि, क्षेम, आरोग्य और सामर्थ्य दुर्लभ हो जाएगा; भूख-भय से पीड़ित देश रक्षा और पुनर्स्थापन हेतु कौशिकी की शरण लेंगे।

Word by Word

• सुभिक्षम्: plentiful food/abundance

• क्षेमम्: safety/welfare

• आरोग्यम्: health/freedom from disease

• सामर्थ्यम्: strength/capacity

• दुर्लभम्: difficult to obtain/rare

• तदा: then/at that time

• कौशिकीम्: Kauśikī (the Goddess as protective Shakti)

• प्रतिपत्स्यन्ते: will take refuge in/approach

• देशान्: regions/countries

• क्षुत्-भय-पीडिताः: afflicted by the fear of hunger (famine-stricken).

Speaker

Suta Goswami